fetch-glue yes recursion no

[Cricket Liu]

Jim Reid <jim at mpn.cp.philips.com> wrote in message
news:<29766.933017991 at kludge.mpn.cp.philips.com>...
> Not really. If recursion is off for your name server, it isn't going
> to query other name servers and so won't have any need to fetch glue
> records. Unless you've done something really wacky like disable
> recursion but enable forwarding....

Actually, whether or not your name server offers recursion has nothing to do
with whether it fetches glue.  Glue fetching is done by a referring name
server, to complete the additional data portion of the DNS message.

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